Hi all, Kishen u r right, hv now checked the pics in KK's book of cat n pupa.... so they probably were cat's on the leaf, getting ready to pupate........
Blaise "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi http://picasaweb.google.com/Blaisepereira ----- Original Message ----- From: Kishen Das To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:36 AM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus Pupa moved from branch to the lid of the container ? I think it was caterpillar, ready to form the pupa, when you moved it to the container. Later it crawled to the lid and formed the pupa. During pupation, no way a pupa can move !!! Probably you can take more photos next time or if you already have these pics, please share. Kishen On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Blaise <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All, Have noticed that the larva of Red Pierrot is capable of moment…. I am not referring to the wriggling motion some pupae display when disturbed but – actual motion.... they are capable of changing their position…. (off-course there would be a time period for which this is possible)… I had noticed two fresh larvae, one was on a black pot while the other was nicely camouflaged on the bark of one of my bonsai plants… I was just thinking that the one on the black pot will be OK in a few days once it darkens up a bit…. After a couple of hours when I checked on them I was surprised to find the one on the bark had disappeared….. at the time I thought that it was taken by some predator… I took a branch having two pupae and placed them in a closed container… next morming I noticed that one pupa had shifted to the lid of the container….. Blaise "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." - Rumi http://picasaweb.google.com/Blaisepereira -- Enjoy
